Tim Russert
This entry was posted on 6/13/2008 2:57 PM and is filed under Bad News,All Posts.
Shockingly, he has died of a heart attack at only 58 years old.
Russert was the king of televised political pundity. While I was not always a fan of his interview style, I will say that Sunday did not begin for me until I had finished Meet The Press.
This primary season ended not when Hillary Clinton gave her concession speech, but weeks earlier, when Obama clenched North Carolina, and Tim Russert spoke the words: "We now know who the Democratic nominee will be." At that moment, because he said it, it was over.
It feels naive to say, but having watched Tim Russert on television every day for the last six months straight, I can't escape the feeling that somehow, I knew him. I think a lot of people will be feeling that way today. 
